Meena मीन Pisces, the pair of fish
The 12th sign, 330° to 360° of the sidereal zodiac.
Compassionate, intuitive and devotional; imaginative and adaptable, though it may lack worldly firmness.
- LordGuru
- ElementJala
- QualityDvisvabhava
- SymbolPair of fish
Classical nature
- Element (tattva)
- Jala (water)
- Quality
- Dvisvabhava (dual)
- Gender and nature
- Female, saumya (even sign)
- Direction
- North
- Rising
- Ubhayodaya (rises both ways)
- Strong
- By day
- Varna
- Brahmin
- Dosha
- Kapha
- Kind
- Watery (jalachara)
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Feet
Dignities
- Lord
- Guru (Jupiter)
- Exalted here
- Shukra, deepest at 27°
- Debilitated here
- Budha, deepest at 15°
Nakshatras and padas in this sign
- Purva Bhadrapada pada 4
- Uttara Bhadrapada padas 1, 2, 3, 4
- Revati padas 1, 2, 3, 4
Nine padas in all. Their navamshas, in order: Karka, Simha, Kanya, Tula, Vrishchika, Dhanu, Makara, Kumbha, Meena.
In a chart
As the Lagna or the Moon sign, Meena gives the nature described above, coloured by the strength and placement of its lord Guru. Meena is also the 12th house of the natural zodiac (Kalapurusha), so it carries the themes of that house: expense, loss and liberation.